AND HOW HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL,
BILL BARR, SHUT DOWN THE
INVESTIGATION.
>>> AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
EVANGELICALS A GROUP IN A
SURPRISING TWIST IS MOBILIZING
SUPPORT FOR THE KAMALA HARRIS
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
ONE GROUP, EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIANS FOR KAMALA HARRIS,
RELEASED A NEW AD, HIGHLIGHTING
THAT TIME DONALD TRUMP TOLD THE
FAMILY LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IN IOWA
THAT HE DOES NOT ASK GOD FOR
FORGIVENESS.
>> HAVE YOU EVER ASKED GOD FOR
FORGIVENESS?
>> THAT’S A TOUGH QUESTION.
I’M NOT SURE I HAVE.
I JUST -- I DON’T BRING GOD INTO
THAT PICTURE.
I DON’T.
>> EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS FOR
KAMALA HARRIS WAS NOT ON
ANYONE’S BINGO CARD FOR 2024.
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ASSUME
EVANGELICAL IS SYNONYMOUS WITH
CONSERVATIVE.
IT’S NOT.
PLENTY OF EVANGELICALS REJECT
THE MEAN, SELFISH VERSION OF THE
RELIGION THAT FOLLOW JESUS THE
CHRIST.
BISHOP WILLIAM BARBER, WHO IS AN
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN.
THE CHRISTIAN PASTORS LED THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THINK REV
SHARPTON.
NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE THE
EVANGELICAL WHITE DUDES WITH
MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY FROM THE
HAND MAID’S TALE.
THIS ELECTION DOES KEEP
DELIVERING SURPRISES.
SOME WHITE EVANGELICAL
PROTESTANTS ARE FED UP WITH
TRUMP.
GAVE HIM 84% OF THEIR NATIONAL
VOTE IN 2020.
THEY’RE NOT ALONE IN TIRING OF
HIS ACT.
A SEPARATE GROUP, CHRISTIANS FOR
KAMALA HAD A ZOOM MEETING THAT
INCLUDED LEADERS FROM SEVERAL
PROGRESSIVE GROUPS URGING
SUPPORTERS TO GET BEHIND HARRIS
AND WALZ.
CALL IT DIVINE INTERVENTION OR
PERHAPS LOTS OF CHRISTIANS ARE
JUST GETTING FED UP WITH BEING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HATEFUL
VISION OF DONALD TRUMP.
HIS BIBLE STUNTS AND RELIGIOUS
HYPOCRISY AND FIGHTING BACK WITH
A COUNTERNARRATIVE TO
CONSERVATIVE EVANGELICALS
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR TRUMP.
THESE GROUPS SAY THE
CONVERSATION ON FAITH AND SPIR
CHUTLY HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY THE
CHRISTIAN RIGHT.
THE LIST CONTINUES.
THE GROUP HIJACKED BY MAGA WANT
THEIR IDENTITIES BACK INCLUDE
UNIONS, THE UNITED AUTOWORKERS,
LAUNCHING A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO
MOBILIZE ITS 1 MILLION ACTIVE
AND RETIRED WORKERS TO VOTE FOR
VP HARRIS.
THE NATIONAL BLACK CAUCUS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
TEAMSTERS UNION ALSO ENDORSED
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
AS THE UNIONS NATIONAL
PRESIDENT, UNION PRESIDENT SEAN
O’BRIEN, SPOKE AT THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION LAST MONTH,
IS NOW HIMSELF SLAMMING TRUMP
FOR HIS ANTI-LABOR COMMENTS
DURING HIS BRO FEST WITH ELON
MUSK. LOTS OF REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO FED
ONE THE MAGA-FICATION OF THEIR
PARTY.
REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS ONLINE
RALLY WAS ATTENDED VIRTUALLY BY
73,000 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO
ORGANIZERS.
FORMER ELECTED REPUBLICAN
OFFICIALS AND PARTY LEADERS,
CONGRESSMAN AND JANUARY 6th
COMMISSION MEMBER ADAM KINZINGER
MADE THE CASE FOR SUPPORTING THE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
ARE WE IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE
REALLY HAPPY NONCREEPY KIND.
OR MAYBE THERE’S NOTHING STRANGE
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE
HARRIS-WALZ TICKET IS A MOVEMENT
BEYOND JUST VOTING AGAINST
TRUMP.
IT’S A MOVEMENT TO VOTE FOR
SOMETHING, TO VOTE FOR A CHANGE.
A TICKET WITH ZERO IVY LEAGUERS,
NO ONE BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON.
BUT INSTEAD, REGULAR AMERICANS
WHO WORKED REGULAR JOBS LIKE
HARRIS WORKING HER WAY THROUGH
COLLEGE WITH A JOB AT
McDONALD’S.
OR WALZ BEING A TEACHER AND
FOOTBALL COACH WITH NO STOCKS
AND BONDS IN HIS PORTFOLIO.
FOLKS WHO KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO BE MIDDLE CLASS AND BUILD
YOUR LIFE, NOT JUST INHERIT IT.
THESE AREN’T PEOPLE BACKED
MAINLY BY BILLIONAIRES AND WHOSE
SOLE POLICY IDEA IS TO CUT TAXES
EVEN FURTHER FOR THE SUPER RICH
AND CORPORATIONS.
AND AMERICANS ARE STARTING TO
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
HARRIS IS LEADING OR TIED WITH
TRUMP IN SIX OF SEVEN KEY SWING
STATES, PER WEDNESDAY REPORT
FROM THE NONPARTISAN COOK
POLITICAL REPORT.
AND THEY WILL ROLL THROUGH
PENNSYLVANIA ON A BUS TOUR ON
SUNDAY, DROPPING IN ON THE
CRUCIAL BATTLEGROUND STATE JUST
DAYS BEFORE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN CHICAGO.
SPEAKING OF THE KEYSTONE STATE,
A NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL OF
PENNSYLVANIA FINDS HARRIS
LEADING TRUMP BY THREE POINTS
AMONG LIKELY VOTERS IN A
HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUP.
BLUE COLLAR VOTERS, THE
BATTLEGROUNDS, CHRISTIANS AND
UNIONS AND REPUBLICANS ARE PART
OF THE INCREDIBLE MOMENTUM THAT
WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
THESE PEOPLE WANT THEIR BRANDS
BACK.
THEY’RE NOT ALL MAGA.
AND I THINK THEY WANT THEIR
COUNTRY BACK, TOO.
JOINING ME NOW IS OLIVIA TROY,
MEMBER OF REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS
AND FORMER SENIOR ADVISER TO
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST AND
SENATOR CLAIRE McCASKILL OF
MISSOURI AND THE AFOREMENTIONED
REVEREND AL SHARPTON, HOST ON
MSNBC.
I WANT TO START AT THE TABLE.
I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY WHAT THE
FORMER GOVERNOR -- THE FORMER
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
HAD TO SAY.
I DON’T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT
SOUND BITE OF HIM REALLY JUST
TALKING ABOUT, WHAT DO WE WANT
OUR KIDS TO REMEMBER US FOR?
YOU WERE ON THAT CALL YESTERDAY.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING ON A CALL
FULL OF REPUBLICANS BUT WHO ARE
SUPPORTING A DEMOCRAT?
>> YEAH.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I’LL BE HONEST.
I MEAN, IT WAS SUCH A PRIVILEGE.
I MODERATED THE CONVERSATION.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT WAS SO
POWERFUL AND I WOULD SAY
SOMETHING THAT GAVE ME HOPE FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME
ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S
FUTURE, WAS THE RESPONSES THAT
WERE HAPPENING IN THE CHAT AS
THIS CALL WAS HAPPENING.
JUST HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ONE OF THEM
WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE VOTED
REPUBLICAN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I’VE BEEN VOTING REPUBLICAN
SINCE REAGAN, AND I AM GOING TO
VOTE FOR KAMALA NOW.
I THINK TO ME WHAT PEOPLE SEE IN
KAMALA HARRIS IS TRADITIONAL
VALUES THAT WE ALL LOOK TO,
RIGHT?
TRADITIONAL VALUES FOR AMERICA.
IT’S THE VALUES OF PROTECTING
OUR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS.
STANDING STRONG AS AMERICA, FOR
AMERICA’S DEMOCRACY.
STANDING STRONG WITH OUR ALLIES
INTERNATIONALLY.
I THINK THOSE TRADITIONALLY IN
THE PAST, JOY, WERE -- I WOULD
SAY CONSERVATIVE --
>> WHAT REPUBLICANS RAN ON.
>> YES, BACK IN THE DAY.
>> YEAH.
>> SO, YEAH.
IT WAS IPNCREDIBLE AND THE
STORIES AND CONVERSATION AND
SPEECHES PEOPLE GAVE I THINK
WERE VERY PERSONAL.
THE GEORGE W. BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, 41st U.S.
TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT IT WAS
LIKE -- SHE’S MEXICAN/AMERICAN
AND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO SEE ALL
THESE UGLY NARRATIVES ABOUT
IMMIGRANTS, MINORITIES IN THE
COUNTRY THAT SHE SEES IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY AND HOW
THAT’S NOT THE PARTY THAT SHE
IDENTIFIES WITH.
>> YEAH.
THE THING IS -- WHAT’S
INTERESTING ABOUT IT, MY BUDDY
MICHAEL STEEL E, HE SAYS WHY ARE
YOU STILL IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
I’M NOT LEAVING.
THEY SHOULD LEAVE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN
THIS SORT OF METASTISIT.
HE SORT OF EATEN THE PARTY ALIVE
AND PEOPLE WHO -- WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS OFFLINE.
THEY DON’T LIKE THE GUY.
REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL, BUT
THEY LET HIM EAT THE PARTY.
YOU KNOW, AND IT IS FASCINATING
TO WATCH PEOPLE.
THEY’RE NOT CALLING THEMSELVES
EX-REPUBLICANS.
YOU ARE THE CORE OF THE PARTY
SAYING WE WANT OUR PARTY BACK.
>> YEAH.
TO ME THAT’S WHAT’S AMAZING
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS AN ORGANIC GRASS ROOTS
MOVEMENT THAT’S GROWING.
I WOULD SAY THAT REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP HAS FAILED US AS A
PARTY BECAUSE THEY CONTINUED TO
PANDER AND FALL BACK IN LINE
WITH TRUMP AND ENABLE HIM --
>> YEAH.
>> THE WORST OF THE WORST,
INSTINCTS OF HIS.
AND THIS PARTY AND IT’S SO
DAMAGING TO THE REPUBLICAN
BRAND.
BUT YOU’RE SEEING NOW A MOVEMENT
THAT IS SAYING, ENOUGH.
AND IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE
A STAND, WE ARE.
AND WE’RE GOING TO BACK A
CANDIDATE THAT WE BELIEVE IN AND
SUPPORT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE GOP.
>> THE COUNTRY NEEDS TWO HEALTHY
POLITICAL PARTIES.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A
NORMAL REPUBLICAN PARTY.
ARGUE LIKE TAX RATES.
REV, PEOPLE THINK -- PEOPLE
DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT AN
EVALJELL KAL CHRISTIAN IS.
AGAIN, LOTS OF CHRISTIAN
PASTORS, LIBERALS LIKE ARE
EVANGELICAL.
I WOULD CONSIDER YOU
EVANGELICAL.
PEOPLE CONSIDERED IT MEANS
HATEFUL, MEAN, IMMIGRANTS.
EVANGELICALS BELIEVE IN JESUS
RED LETTERS, YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT
THE IMMIGRANT, THE WIDOW, THE
ORPHAN.
THAT IS EVANGELICALISM.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF CHRISTIANS
STANDING UP PROUDLY AND SAYING
WE WANT THE KINDER CANDIDATES?
>> WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE FACT THAT EVANGELICALS
LIVE BY JESUS TALKING ABOUT THE
GOOD SAMARITAN WHO STOPPED AND
HELPED SOMEBODY OF A DIFFERENT
RACE AND A DIFFERENT SITUATION
AND HELPED HIM.
HOW DO YOU PREACH THE GOOD
SAMARITAN AND THEN CALL PEOPLE
THAT ARE MIGRANT OUT OF THEIR
NAME OR SAY THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE
LEADING ANTI-SEMITIC MARCHES IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE ARE PEOPLE THAT
ARE GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
SO, IT’S REALLY INCON GREWS YOU
TO PREACH ONE THING ON SUNDAY
AND THEN ADVOCATE POLITICALLY
DIVISIVENESS AND OTHER THAN ME
I’M GOING TO BE AGAINST ON
MONDAY.
YOU HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.
AND I’VE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE
THAT I KNOW WHO ARE
EVANGELICALS -- I GREW UP A
PENTECOSTAL AND BAPTIST AND I
TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
TOTALLY -- WHAT I WOULD CALL THE
RIGHT IN TERMS OF INTERPRETING
THEOLOGY WHO HAVE SAID, BUT I
CAN’T PUT THIS IN MY RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
I CAN’T ADVOCATE SOMEBODY SO
DIVISIVE.
>> YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, CLAIRE, THE OTHER
PIECE OF IT IS THE WORKING
CLASS.
IT IS INTERESTING THING NOW,
RIGHT, WHERE THE TWO IVY
LEAGUERS ARE ON THE REPUBLICAN
TICKET AND THE ONES WANT TO CUT
TAXES FOR THE SUPER RICH ARE ON
THAT SIDE AND WORKING CLASS
FOLKS WORKED AT McDONALD AND AS
A TEACHER.
DONALD TRUMP SAID, QUOTE,
NEITHER OF THEM HAD A REAL JOB.
IS HE LIKE ON SOMETHING?
A TEACHER IS A REAL JOB.
I HATE TO BREAK IT TO TRUMP.
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN’T INHERIT
$317 MILLION FROM THEIR DADA AND
TAKE OVER HIS COMPANY.
TRUMP ORGANIZATION IS TRUMP’S
COMPANY.
I MEAN, IT’S TRUMP’S DAD’S
COMPANY.
BUT LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING
AMONG WORKING CLASS VOTERS.
SO AMONG NON-COLLEGE EDUCATED
VOTERS IN MICHIGAN,
PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN,
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" SIENA POLL, THE MARGIN
THAT TRUMP HAD OVER BIDEN WAS 26
POINTS.
THE MARGIN HE HAS OVER HARRIS,
AMONG WHITE NON-COLLEGE VOTERS
HAS DROPPED TO ONLY 13.
IT’S -- HE’S STILL AHEAD BUT
IT’S SHRINKING, CLAIRE.
>> YEAH.
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A HEAD
SCRATCHER TO ME THAT A GUY
WITH -- THAT IS REALLY INTO UGLY
GILDED TOILETS AND SHOWS OF
REALLY BIZARRE TACKY WEALTH AND
SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER GOTTEN
THEIR FINGERNAILS DIRTY, I LIKE
KAMALA WORKED MY WAY THROUGH
LAW.
MY PARENTS COULDN’T AFFORD TO
SEND ME THROUGH LAW SCHOOL.
I WORKED AS A SERVER IN A
RESTAURANT ALL THROUGH COLLEGE
AND LAW SCHOOL TO MAKE THINGS
WORK.
DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER DONE
THAT.
DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER -- HE’S
NEVER, EVER WORRIED ABOUT HOW HE
WAS GOING TO PAY THE BILLS.
EXCEPT HE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT --
DIDN’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM SCREWING
OVER WORKING PEOPLE BY NOT
PAYING HIS CONTRACTORS.
YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE OTHER
THING.
>> OH, WE LOST CLAIRE.
I THINK WHAT SHE WAS SAYING IS
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE, YOU
KNOW THIS, REV, DONALD TRUMP IS
KNOWN FOR SCREWING OVER PEOPLE
WHO ARE WORKING CLASS.
MEANING, WORKERS THAT WORKED FOR
HIM, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS